Cocktail Wonk Rating: 7.5/10 Tretter’s styles itself as a classic New York bar from the early 1930s and it succeeds at evoking that vibe: Mosaic tile bar counter, vintage cash registers, and an antique mirror running the entire length of the backbar. Bartenders wear white smocks, accenting the fact that Tretter’s also runs a... Continue Reading →
Bar Notes: BONVIVANT’S Cocktail Tapas Café (Prague)
Cocktail Wonk Rating: 6/10 This bar was recommended to us by a bartender in Prague, and we visited on a walk around the city on a bitter cold winter day. As darkness fell and cold descended, the warm space was a nice respite from the outside weather. BONVIVANT’S is a relatively small establishment,... Continue Reading →
Bar Notes: Public Interest (Prague)
Cocktail Wonk Rating: 6/10 This relatively new bar came highly recommended to us by the guide on our food tour. Although not on my list of bars to visit, it was close enough to our hotel to make it easy to drop in. In contrast to some of the elaborately done-up and... Continue Reading →
Bar Notes: Hemingway Bar (Prague)
Cocktail Wonk Rating: 9.5/10 Of all the bars I was looking forward to in Prague, Hemingway Bar was the most eagerly anticipated. It hits a trifecta of attributes I enjoy in bar: innovative cocktails, great ambience, and a focus on rums. It’s no surprise that it comes in at Number 24 on... Continue Reading →
Bar Notes: Anonymous Bar (Prague)
Cocktail Wonk Rating: 9.5/10 The Anonymous Bar was easily among the top experiences we had in the 20-plus bars we visited during our mini-European tour. It’s a theme bar, based on the Anonymous group and their Guy Fawkes mask-wearing members. Mrs. Wonk found the themey-ness just a bit much, but I found it... Continue Reading →
Bar Notes: Bugsy’s (Prague)
Cocktail Wonk Rating: 8/10 The first thing you notice as you descend the stairs into Bugsy’s is its visual style, best described as mid-century New York glam, a throwback to an earlier, post-Prohibition era. It’s pristine, with nothing out of place. Curved ceilings, glass countertops, and extensive under-lighting, which dramatically highlights bottles on the... Continue Reading →
Bar Notes: Black Angel’s (Prague)
Cocktail Wonk Rating: 8.5/10 Black Angel’s has three great things going for it: A clever menu, fairly well executed cocktails, and fabulous atmosphere! Easily in the top 10 percent of the coolest bar spaces I have visited. It’s actually a hotel bar, although with its subterranean stone cellar vibe, it doesn't feel like it.... Continue Reading →
Bar Notes: Prague Overview
Black Angel's, Prague As part of a three-country spin though Europe in the waning days of 2014, Mrs. Wonk and I thoroughly enjoyed four (chilly) nights in Prague. Although the London cocktail bars were the big game on this trip, I’d deduced beforehand that Prague has a handful of cocktails bars that looked like... Continue Reading →